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POLICE in the Midlands province have recovered property worth more than $42,000 from two notorious Bulawayo armed robbers. Shadreck Chiduza, 49, of O-50 Njube suburb and his accomplice Killias Maphosa, 45, of 122 Nkenyani Road, Mambo in Gweru were arrested two weeks ago and appeared before Gweru Magistrate Chibanda who remanded them in custody to June 20 for trial. Police yesterday said Chiduza and Abednego Ndlovu, who is currently serving a 17-year sentence for robberies…

A ROBBERY convict escaped from Mutimurefu Prison in Masvingo after hiding in the boot of a prison officers’ vehicle, The Chronicle heard yesterday. The prison officer has reportedly been arrested following the jail-break on Tuesday. Kudakwashe Nyashanu, 24, who started serving a six-year sentence at the prison last year, allegedly took advantage of a security lapse to pop into the boot. Officer Shepherd Chimhara, 40, drove out of the premises without his vehicle being searched….

AN unrepentant teenager who was convicted six times last year for a series of thefts from motor vehicles, has been re-arrested for allegedly breaking into 30 vehicles. Victoria Falls magistrate Lindiwe Maphosa last Tuesday tried Robert Kelvin Ndimande, 17, from Chinotimba suburb on one of the crimes, while waiting for a probation officer’s report on the others. Ndimande pleaded guilty to stealing a spare wheel from a parked vehicle. Blessed Mupande, 24, allegedly assisted…

A MAN from Bulawayo who allegedly stabbed his family’s maid 10 times using a kitchen knife after she turned down his sexual advances, is seeking bail pending trial. Vincent Chikowore, 24, of Gwabalanda suburb, has filed an application for bail pending trial at the Bulawayo High Court citing the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) as the respondent. Chikowore, who claimed that he fatally stabbed Dudzai Hungwe after she had seduced him, argued that there were no…

AN officer with the Air Force of Zimbabwe was allegedly swindled of about $6,000 by his girlfriend after she faked a pregnancy. Jacqueline Dube, 21, of Figtree, allegedly connived with her mother and brother to dupe her now ex-boyfriend Captain Ncube, 24, of Bulawayo’s Pumula suburb. A court heard how Dube and her family received money for preparation, birth and upkeep of the non-existent baby. The family allegedly sent pictures of a baby, whose identity was…

FIVE Johane Marange Apostolic Sect members who were arrested for digging up a grave in Chivi told police their forefather told them in a dream he was buried with great wealth. Villagers stumbled on the group, from Gweru, at around 6AM on Monday busy at the Madzivire Chieftainship graveyard. The villagers told The Chronicle they had seen human remains and bones in the apostolic sect members’ vehicle. Villagers handed over Tazviona Hove, 35, Edward Siziba…

The festive season is traditionally a joyous occassion for some but equally so, others are saddened by the loss of life in the taffic jungle of Zimbabwe’s lawless roads. Yesterday two people died while eight were seriously injured after a kombi commuter omnibus in which they were travelling on along at the 160km peg along the busy and traditionally dangerous Masvingo-Beitbridge Road. The vehicle which had 14 passengers on board, veered…

Two Burmese men , Zaw Lin and Wai Phyo have been found guilty over the murder of two British tourists Hannah Witheridge, 23, from Norfolk, and David Miller, 24, from Jersey. Following a highly publicised trial, Zaw Lin and Wai Phyo have been sentenced to death over the murder of the two British packers on holiday on the southern Thai island of Koh. The bodies of the two British packers were found on a beach on 15 September…

“I resorted to bestiality to quench my sexual appetite because I don’t have a girlfriend,” said Munyaradzi Chidhani, 24, drawing guffaws from the gallery. Mwenezi resident Magistrate Honest Musiiwa convicted Chidhani of Magodhonge Village under Chief Chitanga, on his own plea of guilty to bestiality. He sentenced him to 12 months in jail for the offence and suspended four months for five years on condition of good behaviour. The magistrate commuted the remaining eight months…

THE Zimbabwe Consulate in South Africa has released the names of Zaoga band members based in South Africa who were killed in a road accident in Pretoria on Thursday morning. Moments of Praise band members, not More Praise band as earlier reported, died near the Nellmapius off-ramp in Irene when their vehicle collided with a speeding car, a year after they rose to fame with their song Zaoga Yafamba. It emerged yesterday that four were…